如果你希望过着平静的生活，但是你相信，“生命就是奋斗”，你就会按照你的信仰去奋斗，而不是按照愿望去平静的生活。

If you desire a peaceful life, but you believe, "life's a struggle!" you will create the strife in which you believe, and not the peace you desire.

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“我一直在找我的手机，找了三天了，但是你相信吗，我发现它就躺在柜台上，”萨宾说，“它就在那儿，我在想我为什么之前没看到它呢？”

“I had been looking for my cell phone for three days and would you believe I found it laying on the counter in plain sight?,” Sabin says.

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“我一直在找我的手机，找了三天了，但是你相信吗，我发现它就躺在柜台上，”萨宾说，“它就在那儿，我在想我为什么之前没看到它呢？”

"I had been looking for my cell phone for three days and would you believe I found it laying on the counter in plain sight?," Sabin says. "There it was and I thought why didn't I see it before?"

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Since I say you can believe you're going to die, yet you can't picture it from the inside.

既然我说你可以相信人是会死的，但是你无法想象那种感受。

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